NEW HAVEN, Conn. (1010 WINS) — A Rhode Island man was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly called in a bomb threat to Connecticut's Yale New Haven Hospital last May, according to the Justice Department.
According to court documents and statements, on May 9, 2021, Alexander Bradley called the Yale University Health Clinic, spoke to a nurse, and asked if they had reached Yale New Haven Hospital.
When informed that he had not, Bradley, 42, who refused to give his name, complained that he had been denied care at the Yale New Haven Hospital and stated that he was going to bomb the hospital.
Around 30 minutes later, Bradley anonymously called the Yale New Haven Hospital and stated that he had placed a pressure cooker containing a bomb outside of the building.
Bradley's threat disrupted hospital operations and required a significant response from the New Haven Police Department, Yale Police Department and Yale New Haven Protective Service, prosecutors said.
Investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force subsequently determined that the phone number used to make the threats was linked to Bradley.
The investigation revealed that, less than three weeks after he made the bomb threat to Yale New Haven Hospital, he contacted a CVS pharmacy in Cranston, Rhode Island, and said that he was going to "shoot up" and "blow up" a hospital.
He appeared Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert A. Richardson in Hartford and was released on a $25,000 bond into the custody of a third-party custodian.
Bradley's release is conditional on him receiving location monitoring and attending drug and mental health treatment.
The complaint charges Bradley with conveying false information about explosives as well as false information and hoaxes. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 15 years in prison.
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